Separable cask or barrel.



A. A. TAYLOR.

SEPARABLE OASK OR BARREL.

APPLICATION TILED APR.29,1910.

1,001,328. Patented Aug.22,1911,

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SEPARABLE CASK 0R BARREL.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

Application filed April 29, 1910. Serial No. 558,347.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADRIAN A. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lincoin, in the county of Lancaster and State of Nebraska,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. Separable Casks orBarrels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to 'casks or barrels that are capable of beingknocked down for economical shipment when empty and has for its objectthe provision of improved means for securing the parts of the barreltogether so that it can or dismembered.

My invention will be describedin detail hereinafter and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a view in elevation of anassembled barrel constructed in accordance with my improvements, Fig. 2,a longitudinal sectional View, and Fig. 3, a sectional View showing thebarrel dlsmembered and its parts nested for transportation.

In the drawings similar reference characters indicate correspondingparts in all of the views.

1 and l indicate the two parts of a barrel constructed in accordancewith my improvements, the barrel being cut transversely in its middle,the two parts, 1 and 1 being the two ends of the barrel. Part 1 has aring 2 secured to its open end'with an inwardly extending shoulder 3that seats on the edge of the part while the inner surface of the ringis secured to the outer surface of the part of the barrel. Arranged inpairs around theputer edge of the ring 2, at intervals, are ears atbetween which are pivotally secured threaded bolts 5 with nuts (3mounted thereon. The part 1 has a ring secured to the edge of its openend that fits snugly in ring 2 when the barrel is assembled, as shown inFigs. 1 and 2, and is provided with an outwardly extending shoulder 8forming an annular projection on the outside of said part 1 andinclosing the joint between the edge of the part 1 and the ring 7.Shoulder 8 is formed with notches 9 to be quickly assembled receive thefree ends of the bolts 5 when the barrel is assembled, the parts 1 and 1being held in an assembled position byscrewing down the nuts (3 so thatthey engage the shoulder S. 1

1.0 indicates a gasket to make a fluid-tight joint between the edge ofring 7 and' shoulder 3 when the barrel assembled and used for shippingliquids.

In Fig. 3 is shown the barrel in a dismembered condition and nested forshipment empty, it being apparent that single barrels can be moreeconomically transported when empty, in a knocked down condition, whilethe parts of a number of barrels may be nested in one lot thus savingspace and the expense of handling single empty barrels. Furthermore myimprovement makes the cleaning of the interior of the barrel a simpleoperation so that before assembling for refilling the parts may bethoroughly sterilized and cleansed to prevent fermentation of itscontents in shipment.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. A barrel formed of two parts by cut ting it transversely through itsmiddle, rings secured to the outer edges of the parts, one ring havingan inwardly extending shoulder seated on the edge of the part, the ringon the other part fitting inside of the first ring and engaging theshoulder thereon, and means to secure the two rings and the parts of thebarrel together.

2. A. barrel formed of two parts by cutting it transversely through itsmiddle, rings secured to the outer edges of the parts, one ring havingan inwardly extending shoulder seated on the edge of the part, the ringon the other part fitting inside of the first ring and engaging theshoulder thereon, threaded bolts pivotally secured to one part, and anoutwardly extending shoulder on the other part having notches to engagethe free ends of the bolts.

3. A barrel formed of two parts by cutting it transverse] y through itsmiddle, rings secured to the outer edges of the parts, one ring havingan inwardly extending shoulder secured between said ears, the ring onthe seated on the edge of the part ears on the aforesaid to hold theparts of the barrel in 0 outer edge of said ring, screw bolts pivotallyan assembled condition.

In testimony whereof I hereto affix my other part fitting inside of thefirst ring signature in'the' presence of two Witnesses. and en 'agin theshoulder thereon an out- Wardly exteri ding shoulder on the fast men-ADRIAN TAYLOR tioned ring said shoulder having notches to Witnesses:

re seive. said bolts, and nuts mounted on said H. E. W001),

bolts and engaging the notehed shoulder O. M. P012.

